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Dresden

/ˈdɹɛzdən/

Dresden proper noun: the capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.

Proper noun

Dresden

  1. The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
  2. A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
  4. A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee.
  5. (metonymically) The Bombing of Dresden.
    • The actual total hardly matters: if Dresden was indeed a war crime, just one death would make it so.2001 July 23, Robin Neillands, The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 358
    • ‘Father, you saw the papers, when Dresden happened. You see the papers today. People are seeing the cost of this, truly. Now that we know the consequences, countries will not use it.’2017, John Theobald, A Kingdom Falls, Head of Zeus Ltd., →ISBN, page 314

Noun

Dresden (uncountable)

  1. A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.

Dresden meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

Dresden in Hindi

capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
ड्रेसडेन ḍresḍen

Dresden in Marathi

capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
ड्रेस्डेन ḍresḍen

Dresden in Bengali

capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
ড্রেসডেন ḍresḍen

Dresden in Arabic

capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony
دْرِيسْدِن drīsdin
More languagesFewer languages
Dresden in Thai
เดรสเดิน drèes-dəən
Dresden in Vietnamese
Đrét-xđen

Synonyms of Dresden

Origin of Dresden

Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

Questions about Dresden

What does Dresden mean?
Dresden means the capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
What is Dresden in Hindi?
Dresden in Hindi is ड्रेसडेन (ḍresḍen). See Dresden meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Dresden?
Dresden can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Dresden?
Dresden is pronounced /ˈdɹɛzdən/.

Words near Dresden in the dictionary

  1. Dresbacks
  2. Dresch
  3. Drescher
  4. Dreschers
  5. Dresches
  6. Dresden
  7. Dresdenware
  8. Dresdner
  9. Dresdners
  10. Dresen
  11. Dresens

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